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Nice Doe! Great shot..........

Good luck finding him. Give it your all today.

Love it-take it all in. Good luck!

My Father in law Gus who we lost this year would tell stories of hunting pheasant with bow and arrow when he was a kid. This was all done in the Bronx just as you go over the Whitestone bridge. He and his buds would make home made bows and arrows. Yes they did get a few! The stories go on and on and mostly take place around Indian lake and Roscoe. Old green and red wool coats and pants were the dress. He had mittens and boots from Korea. Hunting was done out of a army tent with a wood stove..............I'll miss that man but somehow I think he is with me, saw 3 shooter bucks last weekend. That never happens...................

Nice, he will be back. This time you will be prepared!

Good luck Fletch, it will be cold tomorrow!!

Zemm, Sorry to hear about smokie. I'm sure you picked a nice spot by the in-laws to lay her to rest. Most of us have been in your situation, we all know it sucks. Good luck this weekend-your journal is great!

Very sad, always have a knife handy for last resort to cut yourself loose. Gob bless the family.

The extra two weeks for bow have been a blessing. Gives me an extra weekend to hunt, saw a lot of deer. Learning a lot about early season hunting. Next year we will have some youth hunters also. I like it.

Better luck next time. You gave it a good shot. Deerthug and Carbon said to look and listen to the crows. I found a buck I liver shot years ago by doing this. It didn't take more than 6 hours for those birds to start feasting on my deer. Its tough, that liver shot deer left blood for 40 yards and bedded twice. Found him 300 yards from the last blood sign. For once those damn birds were useful.

That picture is burned into my memory, outlaws!!

My clover plot in the swail!

Great video Sam, good luck!

We are all rooting for ya but do as Buck says and call deer search. They are amazing and helped my Nephew find his deer last year. Sort of the same situation. He couldn't believe where this deer lay dead. He must of passed it a few times on his initial search. Good luck.

Another big 8!

I believe it, Love in the air!

We all need a break now and then. Couldn't of come at a better time. I'll keep an eye out for the guys hunting a few minutes before and after legal hunting hours. Please don't forget your BO vest. lol all kidding aside be safe and I hope to see a picture in your next post standing next to an Adirondack bruiser!

Real nice buck hope you get him!

Welcome Gyle! This is a great place, every once in a while you will catch a wiff of a wood stove burning and venison chili simmering on the stove.

Look at the bright side, this all could of been happening further into the season. Plenty of time to get out there. Good luck.

I'm putting on pounds just reading this!!!lol

My bad Phade, he was a Pope and Young buck. Wish he was a Booner!!!!!!!

Cool story, it's great when you can call them in. BTW I always set up down wind from a scrape. Shot a Booner that way when he came in to scent check the scrapes he made the night before. I put myself 40 yards down wind of his scrape he came in at 35, end of story!

Totally agree, wind is everything when it comes to hunting, well almost everything.

Yup, I have found 22 cal bullets inside deer. It's a damn shame but people will shoot them with these guns.